Well, we did it. Unlike what they claim in that annoying commercial, chicken pot pie is not the most comforting pie. It really is macaroni and cheese pie (for the beginnings of this concept, click here).

So here is how you make macaroni and cheese pie:

1. Boil some salted water

2. Cook a random amount of macaroni (I picked a random amount because I really didn't know how much would fit in the pie shell - turns out, a random amount was too much)

3. If you're OCD about pre-preparation like I am, grate some (a.k.a. a random amount) cheese for the top of the pie while the macaroni is boiling - better yet, get Chris to do it

4. Make some cheese sauce

5. Put the right amount of macaroni into the cheese sauce (determined by taking the cooked macaroni and filling up the pie shell with it then putting the rest of the macaroni in the fridge for later) - then put the macaroni and cheese into the pie shell

6. Put the cheese that Chris grated for you on top of the pie - better yet, get Chris to do it

7. Bake the pie for a while, at the temperature they tell you to on the pie shell box (in other words, I don't really remember what I did)

8. Lesson learned - let the pie cool for a bit before cutting into it

9. Watch Chris nervously take his first bite

10. Watch the delight quickly spread over Chris' face

Now that, my friend, is Comfort Pie.